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Apstar 1A
Long March 3 · Communications
1996Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), Xichang Satellite Launch Center
Mission
The APSTAR 1 spacecraft carries such general communications traffic as voice, fax, data, and television signals across China and Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Singapore, and Vietnam. APSTAR 1A has expanded coverage to India and Pakistan. Hughes Space and Communications International, Inc., signed a contract in May 1992 with APT Satellite Company, Ltd., of Hong Kong for the first satellite. APT ordered APSTAR IA in March 1995. The spacecraft were built at the Hughes Space and Communications Company facilities in El Segundo, Calif.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- CASC
- Rocket
- Long March 3
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Pad
- Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2